My preferred art media is oil, but I have worked with some acrylic, water colours and pen or graphite and paper. Water colours are something I am still working to improve!


The old way was to use a watercolour to tint a page and then to draw using white, red and or black chalk. Graphite and charcoal were also use to illustrate composition. Once the composition was approved, then an oil painting was performed. Many times just a sketch of a part was done for reference.


Of course not all of those great masters had to do this, once they had established themselves, they just painted the portrait!